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Rating: 9.4/10

Impressions:

Finally, Suzu has started to show some interest in Ikuto by growing unknowingly jealous of Rin. In the manga, Suzu’s feelings don’t actually develop much, but the anime might skip some chapters and mix them around to further strengthen the relationship between Ikuto and Suzu. I hope Suzu starts taking proper action some time soon, though I highly doubt Ikuto will be with anyone at the end of the series. It’s disappointing that the anime excludes the last event in the manga, where Suzu actually throws something at Ikuto for getting too close to Rin. It would have emphasised her jealousy, but I guess it’s not that important.

This episode only covers a single chapter of the manga, whereas most cover two in the form of two short stories. Hopefully this means that the more important manga chapters will be animated, since it would be impossible to get anywhere if the producers had decided to continue making one episode per manga chapter for the rest of the show (unless they have sequels in mind). I hope to see chapter 15 animated, as it does well in developing relationships (especially between Ikuto and Suzu), while incorporates a nice range of mini stories involving some of the main characters.

Edit: Ok lol, after writing this post I went and saw episode 10 and realised that’s chapter 15 animated…xD

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